Aquatic Informatics Awards Ripple Effect Grant To The Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation wateronline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wateronline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Volunteers to plant trees in mine-scarred Centralia
An environmental group is continuing efforts to beautify Centralia by planting 250 apple trees in the abandoned mine fire town. Author: Nikki Krize Updated: 4:08 PM EDT April 6, 2021
CENTRALIA, Pa. There is not much to see when driving through Centralia, as less than half a dozen houses remain. The community was mostly abandoned because of an underground mine fire, and over the last few years, it has become somewhat of a dumping ground for garbage and old furniture. We don t feel that that s right. Residents don t feel that that s right. There s too much of that littering and dumping, and it doesn t really sit well with the people down there, said Robert Hughes, executive director for the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation.
Apple tree planting in Centralia is part of larger environmental effort
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Centralia s population of more than 1,000 in the mid-1950s is down to a handful because of a fire that originated in 1962 in a refuse dump in an abandoned strip mine in adjoining Conyngham Twp. The fire spread beneath the borough through an underground coal mine.
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A new chapter is being written for Centralia, the mostly abandoned Columbia County town with a coal-fueled fire burning beneath it.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation is leading an environmental improvement effort in the town to develop wildlife habitat, offset some carbon footprint, reduce illegal dumping and lead to more ecosystem restoration.
Apple tree-planting project could help spruce up mostly abandoned Centralia mcall.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mcall.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.